Inglenook Briquette Maker Paper Log Briquette Blocks Maker Old Newspaper Press Recycle Small DIY

Not used yet got it on recommendation from a friend but feels very strong and sturdy & she has had hers for 2yrs

I am happy I can make my own paper logs now that the there is going to be a clampdown on burning wood logs.... Like most people say, the structure could be made stronger so you have to be careful not to use too much pressure when squeezing out the water..... It just means the logs will take longer to dry out and won't be as compact.... This may mean they will burn quicker.... I was unable to find any brick maker of stronger material so settled for this one.... Mine didn't have the Inglehook trademark on it but it works so it will be used.

Received item quickly and have used to make 11 (eleven) briquettes from well soaked shredded paper (7 day soak). The unit is easy to use but I found that the metal used in construction is not substantial enough and causes the unit to flex and bend under the compression leverage. Stronger metal is required for the sides and bottom of the unit. The flexing creates a problem of ejecting the briquette and this is made more difficult because the ends are not sufficiently long enough to provide purchase points to lever out of main body. I had to use a screwdriver to assist leverage. I thought I would try one of these briquette makers to augment my fuel usage and to recycle waste paper products. Good idea but lacking in quality.

In 2022 I made my own It worked well but was a lot of messing around. Bought this & so much easier (Should of just done it in the first place, live and learn) I use paper and sawdust. I make them up at the start of the new year and store them in my log store, which by the time winter or the next year comes around they have dried out nicely. With me doing it this way they don't have to be to dry and the summer weather normanly gets them well dry before the winter. If you want them to dry out quicker then I would try and get more water out of them but putting to much pressure on the Briquette Maker does seem to bow a bit & you will need to put them in a warmer environment, something like a green house if you have one. Over all for me it works great, easy to use & easy to extract them from the Briquette Maker.

I've searched around and this seems to be the only design available in the price range. Flimsy cheap metal. Have done about 20 logs and it's starting to bend out of shape already. You have to push hard to get any decent amount of water out of the logs. Doing that after a few logs and your hands start to hurt. The logs have been drying for about a week and I can still squeeze water out of them by hand. There are better designs around, but you are talking £80 - £100.

A decent quality press and made of steel. Simply load it up with paper and cardboard that's been left to soak in water overnight and the large handles allow a good leverage to squeeze the water to compress the paper and make brick size briquettes for the log burner after left to completely dry out. Proper recycling.

If you are strong and use your full force every time, then yes... the product will bend, but it's easy to use it without bending it and I've found that you can just put your weight onto the cardboard/paper shreds in the cradle with your hands and the bricks come out just as well. Worth buying for sure.

If you're hoping to make logs from sawdust forget it. I have bags of sawdust from an extractor in my wood workshop so was hoping this might find a use for all that waste timber however after soaking the sawdust for days and squishing as hard as i could the bricks jut fell apart. cant comment on what t's like its paper as Ive not tried it. I thought I'd take a punt but it didn't pay off sadly.